Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's

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Men's modern pentathlon
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Copper Box (fencing)
Aquatics Centre (swimming)
Greenwich Park (riding and combined)
Date11 August
Competitors36 from 24 nations
Winning score5928 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg David Svoboda Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Silver medal icon.svg Cao Zhongrong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Ádám Marosi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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The men's modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held on 11 August. Three venues were used: the Copper Box (fencing), Aquatics Centre (swimming) and Greenwich Park (horse-riding and combined running and shooting). [1]

David Svoboda from the Czech Republic won the gold medal with an Olympic record-breaking score of 5,926 points. Cao Zhongrong, 2010 Asian Games gold medalist, won China's first ever Olympic medal in modern pentathlon, taking the silver. Meanwhile, Hungary's Ádám Marosi claimed the bronze medal. For the first time in the post-Soviet era, Russia missed out of the medal podium in the men's event, as current world champion Aleksander Lesun and defending champion Andrey Moiseev finished fourth and seventh place, respectively.

Competition format

The modern pentathlon consisted of five events, with all five held in one day. The format was slightly different from the typical modern pentathlon, with two events combined at the end.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 11 August 201208:45Fencing
13:20Swimming
15:20Riding
19:00Combined running/shooting

Results

Thirty-six athletes participated. [3]

RankAthleteCountryFencing
Victories (pts)		Swimming
Time (pts)		Riding
Time (pts)		Combined
Time (pts)		Total [4]
Gold medal icon.svg David Svoboda Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 26 (1024)2:04.84 (1304)77.28 (1132)10:33.02 (2468)5928(OR)
Silver medal icon.svg Cao Zhongrong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 25 (1000)1:58.93 (1376)74.62 (1080)10:38.02 (2448)5904
Bronze medal icon.svg Ádám Marosi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 20 (880)2:02.08 (1336)75.94 (1200)10:45.72 (2420)5836
4 Aleksander Lesun Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25 (1000)2:04.29 (1312)77.61 (1112)11:05.83 (2340)5764
5 Steffen Gebhardt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20 (880)2:07.08 (1276)72.11 (1160)10:37.16 (2452)5756
6 Thomas Daniel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 17 (808)2:09.23 (1252)73.56 (1180)10:24.02 (2504)5744
7 Andrey Moiseev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22 (928)2:02.71 (1328)70.65 (1140)11:05.28 (2340)5736
8 Justinas Kinderis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 15 (760)2:04.35 (1308)72.78 (1140)10:19.34 (2524)5732
9 Riccardo De Luca Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16 (784)2:08.29 (1264)72.09 (1200)10:32.34 (2472)5720
10 Nicholas Woodbridge Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 17 (808)1:57.32 (1396)81.22 (1156)11:01.66 (2356)5716
11 Jung Jin-Hwa Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 16 (784)2:00.25 (1360)70.01 (1160)10:57.17 (2372)5676
12 Róbert Kasza Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 20 (880)2:01.59 (1344)74.57 (1200)11:27.85 (2252)5676
13 Samuel Weale Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 17 (808)2:03.40 (1320)76.68 (1176)11:00.00 (2360)5664
14 Óscar Soto Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 16 (784)2:10.98 (1232)76.38 (1176)10:34.42 (2464)5656
15 Ondřej Polívka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 12 (688)2:02.71 (1328)76.14 (1136)10:25.99 (2500)5652
16 Stanislau Zhurauliou Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 20 (880)2:06.80 (1280)70.07 (1120)10:58.10 (2368)5648
17 Christopher Patte Flag of France.svg  France 16 (784)2:05.99 (1292)76.38 (1116)10:43.96 (2428)5620
18 Esteban Bustos Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 15 (760)2:10.52 (1236)68.58 (1160)10:38.72 (2448)5604
19 Deniss Čerkovskis Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 23 (952)2:10.78 (1232)91.78 (976)10:46.88 (2416)5576
20 Nicola Benedetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 17 (808)2:18.47 (1140)84.16 (1084)10:16.92 (2536)5568
21 Rustem Sabizkhuzin Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 19 (856)2:13.21 (1204)72.42 (1100)10:49.57 (2404)5564
22 Shinichi Tomii Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 18 (832)2:01.19 (1348)88.57 (1088)11:19.13 (2284)5552
23 Pavlo Tymoshchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 13 (712)2:08.15 (1264)69.63 (1140)10:48.37 (2408)5524
24 Szymon Staśkiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 14 (736)2:11.54 (1224)75.21 (1180)10:56.31 (2376)5516
25 Arthur Lanigan O'Keeffe Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 14 (736)2:02.44 (1332)85.13 (1120)11:08.69 (2328)5516
26 Stefan Köllner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 16 (784)2:11.71 (1220)70.47 (1120)10:59.16 (2364)5488
27 Edward Fernon Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14 (736)2:13.10 (1204)87.40 (1152)10:48.19 (2408)5480
28 Yasser Hefny Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 17 (808)2:05.90 (1292)80.39 (1080)11:25.53 (2260)5440
29 Pavel Iliashenko Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 15 (760)2:06.62 (1244)96.94 (1036)10:49.80 (2404)5432
30 Dzmitry Meliakh Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 17 (808)2:03.67 (1316)78.50 (1028)11:33.18 (2228)5380
31 Andrei Gheorghe Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 15 (760)2:13.89 (1196)77.04 (1112)11:15.58 (2300)5368
32 Dennis Bowsher Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12 (688)2:05.15 (1300)81.36 (1076)10:25.09 (2260)5324
33 Amro El-Geziry Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 18 (832)1:55.70 (1412)111.42 (856)11:42.44 (2192)5292
34 Hwang Woo-Jin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 14 (736)2:01.14 (1348)146.83 (736)12:08.88 (2088)4908
35 Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 17 (808)2:04.83 (1304)DNF (580)11:18.80 (2288)4740
36 Wang Guan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 12 (688)2:12.13 (1216)DNS (0)DNS (0)1904

Records

For the first time in Olympic history, the men's modern pentathlon has broken multiple Olympic records in the every sporting discipline, with the exception of horse-riding. [5]

Broken Olympic records during the 2012 Summer Olympics
TotalFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  David Svoboda  (CZE)5928
FencingFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  David Svoboda  (CZE)=26V–9D
SwimmingFlag of Egypt.svg  Amro El Geziry  (EGY)1:55.70
RunningFlag of Italy.svg  Nicola Benedetti  (ITA)9:23.63 (WR)
CombinedFlag of Italy.svg  Nicola Benedetti  (ITA)10:16.92
Shooting - 1 session of 5 shots Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Ondřej Polívka  (CZE)9.3
Shooting - 3 session of 15 shots Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Ondřej Polívka  (CZE)33.6

References

  1. ↑ Modern Pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics Archived 2012-12-10 at archive.today
  2. ↑ Format Competition – Men's Archived 2012-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Start list Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "London 2012 Individual competition men Results - Olympic modern-pentathlon". Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  5. ↑ "Men's Modern Pentathlon – Records". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
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